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PopCap co-founder John Vechey will deliver the keynote at GDC Online 2011, which is titled: “Playing Well With Others – How PopCap Creates Compelling Social Game Experiences.” Vechey will also chat about the firm’s experiences working alongside various mobile and social plaftforms. GDC Online runs October 10 -13 in Austin, Texas. Thanks, GI.biz.

It’s on. Again. Tokyo Game Show kicks off this morning with a keynote from Sony superman Kaz Hirai. His speech starts at 10.30am local time. That’s 2.30am BST, 3.30am CET, 6.30pm PST and 9.30pm EST. The US timings are for today, obviously. We don’t have anyone “on the ground,” unfortunately, but we’ll be bringing you […]

Quakecon hasn’t finished yet, suckers. Nathan’s still in the Texan house, and he’s now updating from the Gaylord Texan on a “special” presentation of the latest Rage build. Take a look at this to get yourself in the mood. Hit the link for all the updates.

Sony, Sony, Sony. Not content with booking up three hours of speech time at Gamescom next month, the company’s gone and confirmed Kaz Hirai as the main speaker at TGS this year. His speech will be titled New Tactics for 2009, and starts on September 24 at 10:30am. From Gpara via Kotaku.

MTV’s posted up some photos from Kojima’s GDC keynote this morning, showing off “the wall” the developer banged on about for 90 minutes. We could explain, but writing the word “wall” brings spots to our eyes. Look at the pictures, read the liveblog.

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata kicked GDC off yesterday with the announcement of a new Zelda in his keynote, and Metal Gear Solid’s Hideo Kojima’s up next this morning with an hour-and-a-half talk on games development. Kojima said yesterday that we’re not going to see any game reveals in his speech, but there’s bound to be […]

After the break is a video of Konami’s Hideo Kojima talking about quality control, creative issues, and generally all things games development. Mr Metal Gear will be holding a keynote later today that we, of course, will be covering live. This video’s eight minutes long. Go for it.

Just in case there was any ambiguity about the Kojima comment IGN posted up last night about the developer preparing to announce a game at E3, 1UP’s dispelled it: there will be no Kojima game reveal in his keynote at GDC today. “I’m not going to be talking about new titles or anything,” he said […]

UPDATE – We are now live! Get a constant stream of updates from the keynote through the link! This is it! Steph’s in line for Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s keynote at GDC in San Francisco, which will starting at 9.00am PST. That’s 4.00pm GMT. Hit the link for our liveblog. Remember: don’t hammer F5. The […]

GDC 2009 gets going properly this morning with the first big keynote, being delivered at 9.00am PST by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. To be absolutely clear: that’s 9.00am PST, 4.00pm GMT and 5.00pm CET. Steph will be in the hall liveblogging the entire thing for VG247. It will last one hour. Speculation is already running […]

Hot dog. 1UP’s Sam Kennedy reckons Satoru Iwata’s going to announce “quite a few” new games in his GDC keynote tomorrow. From his blog: In terms of highlights coming out of this show, I’d say Nintendo’s Iwata keynote is the one that you’ll really want to watch (Jeremy will be live blogging it tomorrow morning). […]

Early registration for the 2009 Game Developers Conference – taking place March 23-27 in San Francisco – ends tomorrow, February 12. If you want a 30 percent discount, get cracking. Loads of cool stuff will be happening, most importantly the keynotes from Hideo Kojima, and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Also, if you attend you can […]

Konami’s confirmed to VG247 that it’s to make announcements related to Kojima’s GDC keynote before the event. “With regard to Mr Kojima, we have to keep things tight-lipped for now,” said a rep when quizzed on the speech’s content. “We will be making some announcements closer to GDC, so stay tuned”. The father of the […]

Hideo Kojima’s to deliver a GDC keynote, Think Services has confirmed. The speech, “Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible,” will be Kojima’s debut appearance at the GDC. The event’s scheduled for Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 10:30am-11:30am PST in the Esplanade Room of the Moscone Center’s South Hall. GDC takes place March 23-27 in […]

Valve boss Gabe Newell will deliver DICE’s keynote address, the show’s announced. No details of the talk have been given, unfortunately, so it remains title-less. “Gabe Newell and Valve have become a force for innovation in gaming over the past a decade, creating some of the best-selling games of all time and a ground-breaking platform […]

Xbox Live boss John Schappert has reacted sternly to accusations that Microsoft is a follower as opposed to a leader in the console innovation space, saying he finds the notion “ironic” and that he gets “riled” by the idea. “The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me,” he told Eurogamer. “You’ve got the Xbox, which […]

Speaking to Reuters in Tokyo today, Xbox Live boss John Schappert has confirmed that Microsoft is raising its 360 hardware forecasts in Japan. “We’ve done better than we forecast. We are finding that we have a shortage of hardware,” he said. “We are raising our forecast” for Xbox 360 hardware shipments to Japan, he added, […]

PopCap co-founder John Vechey will deliver the keynote at GDC Online 2011, which is titled: “Playing Well With Others – How PopCap Creates Compelling Social Game Experiences.” Vechey will also chat about the firm’s experiences working alongside various mobile and social plaftforms. GDC Online runs October 10 -13 in Austin, Texas. Thanks, GI.biz.

It’s on. Again. Tokyo Game Show kicks off this morning with a keynote from Sony superman Kaz Hirai. His speech starts at 10.30am local time. That’s 2.30am BST, 3.30am CET, 6.30pm PST and 9.30pm EST. The US timings are for today, obviously. We don’t have anyone “on the ground,” unfortunately, but we’ll be bringing you […]

Quakecon hasn’t finished yet, suckers. Nathan’s still in the Texan house, and he’s now updating from the Gaylord Texan on a “special” presentation of the latest Rage build. Take a look at this to get yourself in the mood. Hit the link for all the updates.

Sony, Sony, Sony. Not content with booking up three hours of speech time at Gamescom next month, the company’s gone and confirmed Kaz Hirai as the main speaker at TGS this year. His speech will be titled New Tactics for 2009, and starts on September 24 at 10:30am. From Gpara via Kotaku.

MTV’s posted up some photos from Kojima’s GDC keynote this morning, showing off “the wall” the developer banged on about for 90 minutes. We could explain, but writing the word “wall” brings spots to our eyes. Look at the pictures, read the liveblog.

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata kicked GDC off yesterday with the announcement of a new Zelda in his keynote, and Metal Gear Solid’s Hideo Kojima’s up next this morning with an hour-and-a-half talk on games development. Kojima said yesterday that we’re not going to see any game reveals in his speech, but there’s bound to be […]

After the break is a video of Konami’s Hideo Kojima talking about quality control, creative issues, and generally all things games development. Mr Metal Gear will be holding a keynote later today that we, of course, will be covering live. This video’s eight minutes long. Go for it.

Just in case there was any ambiguity about the Kojima comment IGN posted up last night about the developer preparing to announce a game at E3, 1UP’s dispelled it: there will be no Kojima game reveal in his keynote at GDC today. “I’m not going to be talking about new titles or anything,” he said […]

UPDATE – We are now live! Get a constant stream of updates from the keynote through the link! This is it! Steph’s in line for Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s keynote at GDC in San Francisco, which will starting at 9.00am PST. That’s 4.00pm GMT. Hit the link for our liveblog. Remember: don’t hammer F5. The […]

GDC 2009 gets going properly this morning with the first big keynote, being delivered at 9.00am PST by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. To be absolutely clear: that’s 9.00am PST, 4.00pm GMT and 5.00pm CET. Steph will be in the hall liveblogging the entire thing for VG247. It will last one hour. Speculation is already running […]

Hot dog. 1UP’s Sam Kennedy reckons Satoru Iwata’s going to announce “quite a few” new games in his GDC keynote tomorrow. From his blog: In terms of highlights coming out of this show, I’d say Nintendo’s Iwata keynote is the one that you’ll really want to watch (Jeremy will be live blogging it tomorrow morning). […]

Early registration for the 2009 Game Developers Conference – taking place March 23-27 in San Francisco – ends tomorrow, February 12. If you want a 30 percent discount, get cracking. Loads of cool stuff will be happening, most importantly the keynotes from Hideo Kojima, and Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Also, if you attend you can […]

Konami’s confirmed to VG247 that it’s to make announcements related to Kojima’s GDC keynote before the event. “With regard to Mr Kojima, we have to keep things tight-lipped for now,” said a rep when quizzed on the speech’s content. “We will be making some announcements closer to GDC, so stay tuned”. The father of the […]

Hideo Kojima’s to deliver a GDC keynote, Think Services has confirmed. The speech, “Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible,” will be Kojima’s debut appearance at the GDC. The event’s scheduled for Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 10:30am-11:30am PST in the Esplanade Room of the Moscone Center’s South Hall. GDC takes place March 23-27 in […]

Valve boss Gabe Newell will deliver DICE’s keynote address, the show’s announced. No details of the talk have been given, unfortunately, so it remains title-less. “Gabe Newell and Valve have become a force for innovation in gaming over the past a decade, creating some of the best-selling games of all time and a ground-breaking platform […]

Xbox Live boss John Schappert has reacted sternly to accusations that Microsoft is a follower as opposed to a leader in the console innovation space, saying he finds the notion “ironic” and that he gets “riled” by the idea. “The innovation criticism is almost ironic to me,” he told Eurogamer. “You’ve got the Xbox, which […]

Speaking to Reuters in Tokyo today, Xbox Live boss John Schappert has confirmed that Microsoft is raising its 360 hardware forecasts in Japan. “We’ve done better than we forecast. We are finding that we have a shortage of hardware,” he said. “We are raising our forecast” for Xbox 360 hardware shipments to Japan, he added, […]

Microsoft just confirmed that Xbox Live membership has now hit 14 million. Xbox Live boss John Schappert confirmed the figure in his TGS keynote. Also confirmed tonight was the release of New Xbox Experience for November 19. For all the news from the keynote, hit this.

Microsoft exec John Schappert is about to take to the stage at Tokyo Game Show to deliver his keynote. There’s about 15 minutes to go. We’ll be bringing you all the news as it happens. We’re expecting big bangs from the firm, including a first proper look at Bungie’s next Halo game. Don’t go changing.

According to this Destructoid piece, Microsoft’s John Schappert is to keynote TGS. From the story: The keynote will be hosted by Microsoft Corporate Vice President of LIVE, Software and Sales, John Schappert on Thursday, October 9 at noon. Called “A Canvas for the World,” Schappert will focus “at how Xbox 360 will bring more people […]

Speaking to videogaming247 after his Wednesday GDC keynote, John Schappert – “Corporate Vice President LIVE, Software and Services for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft” – said that he believes downloadable content is now an accepted part of the gamer experience, and a precursor to the advent of “community gaming”. “No, not in any way,” […]

In case you missed anything, or you weren’t hardcore enough to be watching videogaming news on the internet yesterday evening, here’s a round-up of everything Microsoft-related that happened during and after John Schappert’s keynote yesterday. Obviously, Gears of War 2 is the story of the show, now pegged with a November release date for Xbox […]

John Schappert, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Live, Software and Services for the Interactive Entertainment Business, has just claimed that over 1 billion Achievments have been unlocked on Xbox Live in his keynote. “The Xbox 360 community has now unlocked over 1 billion Achievements,” he said, adding, “Gamers have activated almost 20 billion [Microsoft] Points”. […]

John Schappert, Corporate Vice President LIVE, Software and Services for the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft, the man with the stupidest job title in the world, has finished delivering the opening conference keynote at GDC in San Francisco. Check out full details over on Eurogamer’s LiveText report. No one streamed video for the conference this […]